The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night
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Five lonely strangers join a bar trivia team in an effort to find friends, but end up on a path that will change each of their lives forever, in this heartwarming debut perfect for fans of Beth O’Leary and Sophie Kinsella. How do you make friends as an adult? That’s one question lonely Londoners Bryony, Harry, Jaime, Luke, and Donna would really like the answer to. They tend to do better with questions of a different variety—trivia questions like How did prosecco get its name? and Which Mariah Carey song has topped the charts in twenty-six countries? In an effort to meet new people, the five not-yet-friends answer an ad seeking members of a bar trivia team—the Red Hot Quizzy Peppers. As the weeks go on, the disparate band of unhappy strangers becomes swept up in both the buzz of winning and the way quiz nights start to bond them together in friendship . . . to the detriment of other parts of their lives. Despite all odds, the Quizzy Peppers might just have a shot at making the London Pub Quiz League’s Grand Final, if only they can get past the Golden Girls, the Banana Splits, and the Bombay Bad Boys. Utterly charming and uplifting, The Lonely Hearts Trivia Night is a story of finding friendship, love, confidence, and purpose—just right for fans of Jennifer Weiner.
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A gang of strangers join a pub quiz team, all for different reasons.
They all need professional help, and I think I need therapy too.
I don’t like any of these people. There were no one I could sympathies with and it was just getting worse and worse for them, all of their own making. Then at the end, despite pretty bleak situations all scenarios were quickly fixed. It was way too neatly done, not proper setup and payoffs.
I wasn't sure what to expect from this book but it pleasantly surprised me.
The narrator was amazing and held my attention the whole time.
A bunch of unhappy strangers, get together to do trivia night together in hopes of finding something more from their menial lives. After a fun night they agree to sign up for a competition to win money. Each one knowledgable in different areas and after months of rounds, they make it to the finals.
Each character has their own hardships. The author covers bipolar and its done in a really tasteful way which I liked. I loved the concept of the trivia nights and I loved the questions at the beginning of the chapters.
The characters were a little less defined than I usually need in these kinds of books but I actually found the book quirky and enjoyable.
Don't go in expecting a romance book because it isn't even a thing until the very end but if you love womens ficiton, this is your next book.
4 stars
